Public History and Cultural Education University of Regensburg

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Target group

The interdisciplinary Master’s degree programme "Public History and Cultural Communication" is aimed at students with a first professionally qualifying degree in a subject in the humanities, cultural studies or social sciences. It focuses on questions and problems of public communication and the application of history and culture.

Annotation

The aim of the degree course is to acquire knowledge and to develop an understanding of theories, concepts and methods for the scientific analysis of historical representations in the public sphere.

Admission modus

Selection procedure / qualifying examination

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

First professionally qualifying degree, i.e. certificate of academic degree, or equivalent academic degree with a standard period of study of at least six semesters (180 CP) or comparable scope of studies in a humanities, cultural studies or social science subject with an average grade of at least 2.00, in the field of History or Comparative Cultural Studies/European Ethnology at least 30 credits OR a first professionally qualifying degree, i.e. certificate of academic degree, in a humanities, cultural studies or social science subject; In this case, during the first semester, students must either provide proof of successful completion of a preparatory course as well as successful completion of a proseminar from the Bachelor’s degree programme in History (BA) (out of a total of 7 CP) or proof of successful attendance of the introductory lecture and of a methodology seminar from the Bachelor’s degree programme in Comparative Cultural Studies (BA) (out of a total of 10 CP).
Aptitude assessment procedure

Main language

German

Further languages

English